Monetary Economics Econ 111 Fall 2004 Syllabus Professor Marjorie Flavin Office: Econ 216 Phone: 534-4649 Email: [email protected] Office hours: Monday 10:00-11:00 and Thursday 2:00-3:00 Required text: Frederic Mishkin, The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, Pearson, Addison Wesley, 7thedition. Prerequisites: Math lOA or 20A and Econ lA, IB or Econ 2A,2B or Econ 1,2,3 Class meetings: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9:00-9:50, CSB 4 TA: Lei Meng Email: [email protected] Office hours: Tuesday 9:30-10:30 and Friday 10-11:30 Office: Econ 127 To access the class web page, go to webct.ucsd.edu Contents ofthe course: The determination and behavior of interest rates; the determination of asset prices and returns in the stock market, the theory of exchange rates, the implementation of monetary policy, the international monetary system, and the relationship between money and inflation. In addition to the sheer intellectual pleasure of understanding these aspects of monetary economics, you will find the material in this course of great practical use in any of the following endeavors: evaluation the terms of car loans or mortgages, understanding why the stock market rises or falls dramatically when Alan Greenspan utters a few works, and understanding the policy debate as to whether Britain should enter the European monetary union. Course grade: Midterm 1: 20% Midterm 2: 20% Problem Sets: 10% Final exam: 50% Problem sets: Problem sets are due at the beginning of class. Exams: The dates of the midterms are indicated on the schedule. If you have some schedule conflict that prevents you from taking one of the midterms, please discuss the situation with me within the first two weeks of the quarter.

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Monetary EconomicsEcon 111Fall 2004

SyllabusProfessor Marjorie FlavinOffice: Econ 216Phone: 534-4649Email: [email protected] hours: Monday 10:00-11:00 and Thursday 2:00-3:00

Required text: Frederic Mishkin, The Economics of Money, Banking, and FinancialMarkets, Pearson, Addison Wesley, 7thedition.

Prerequisites: Math lOA or 20A and Econ lA, IB or Econ 2A,2B or Econ 1,2,3Class meetings: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9:00-9:50, CSB 4

TA: Lei MengEmail: [email protected] hours: Tuesday 9:30-10:30 and Friday 10-11:30Office: Econ 127

To access the class web page, go to webct.ucsd.edu

Contents ofthe course:The determination and behavior of interest rates; the determination of asset prices

and returns in the stock market, the theory of exchange rates, the implementation ofmonetary policy, the international monetary system, and the relationship between moneyand inflation.

In addition to the sheer intellectual pleasure of understanding these aspects ofmonetary economics, you will find the material in this course of great practical use in anyof the following endeavors: evaluation the terms of car loans or mortgages,understanding why the stock market rises or falls dramatically when Alan Greenspanutters a few works, and understanding the policy debate as to whether Britain shouldenter the European monetary union.

Course grade: Midterm 1: 20%Midterm 2: 20%Problem Sets: 10%Final exam: 50%

Problem sets: Problem sets are due at the beginning of class.Exams: The dates of the midterms are indicated on the schedule. If you have someschedule conflict that prevents you from taking one of the midterms, please discuss thesituation with me within the first two weeks of the quarter.